ball joint help please

purplestang47

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Oct 13, 2009

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so my drivers side ball joint blew out on me today lucky for me i was going 5 miles an hour when it happened. i got the parts and we even got the old piece out from my a arm and got the new piece in and ready..but i can not for the life of me get the nut off the old ball and threads so i cant put the new one through the spindle to be done. i hope im explaining this well but ive trided pb blastering the s*** out of it and every position i can think of with my wrentch and vice grips can anyone please help?

 

2002SN95MUSTANG

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Oct 13, 2009

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Unless you need the nut, try using a cutoff wheel and cutting it in half. if you don't have a cutoff wheel, you could heat it up with a torch, a small propane one should work, and then hit it with a hammer and try to break it off. If you do need the nut, try shaving down 2 opposite sides of the threaded shaft the nut tightens onto into a flat surface and then use an open ended wrench to hold the shaft and try to turn the nut. Thats about all I have for ya. Hope this helps and works for ya.

 

purplestang47

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Oct 14, 2009

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thanks i got it today after some choice words and a torch it finally came off. then i couldnt get the ball joint and threads out of the spindle.the guy at orielys gave me a ball joint puller but it was to wide i went back plenty "happy" and a more experienced guy told me a tie rod puller should work. and he was right an hour later i was done

 

GDawg

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I love threads like this cause this is the section I'm in school for right now.

 

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mr-mike

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grease those ball joints

after reading the post & for you other guys use a needle injector & push some grease into the ungreaseabble fitting every 6 months after getting some years ago I grease the ball joint & she has been good its a 99 gt I had a 90 & the ball joint let go right infront of my house had it towed & had new ball joints installed ......... bad idea when car builders went to non greasable parts

 

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Kilgore Trout

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On a new edge Mustang its much easier and better to just replace the whole a-arm assembly than it is to replace the ball joint.

Check out part M-3075-D.